Most of the books listed below are in print and available at AMAZON or BARNES & NOBLE in addition to your favorite indie bookstore. Arnzen audio is also downloadable from BANDCAMP or AUDIBLE. Thank you for reading!
If you’re looking for a general Arnzen bibliography, the ISFDB does a pretty good job capturing my appearances in the science fiction/fantasy/horror genres since the early 1990s, though it is only a partial view. Older small press works are also listed in the Zine Wiki. More recently published short stories and poems in magazines and anthologies also appears in the graphic lineup below.
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Play Dead
Poker players vie for their lives in this gritty and disturbing novel of supernatural noir. "A masterpiece of eloquent depravity." -- JA Konrath
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Grave Markings
Grave Markings follows the tortured mental breakdown of Mark Michael Kilpatrick -- an artist driven to purge visions of hell from his tainted mind by permanently working his ink into the skins of unwilling victims...the flesh of both the living and freshly dead.
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Exploring Dark Short Fiction #6
A collection of horror and dark fantasy short stories written by Ramsey Campbell, along with academic commentary, interview, biography, and illustrations.
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Proverbs for Monsters
The "Best of Arnzen" in a meaty collection of Award-winning short stories and poetry!
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100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories
This finalist for the Bram Stoker Award is a pioneering work in the flash fiction movement, collecting 100 minimalist tales of terror -- each horror story ranging from a few shocking sentences to only a few thought-provoking pages in length.
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The Gorelets Omnibus
A decade-long compendium of "gorelets" -- Arnzen's signature short-form horror poems -- alongside a treasury of other gems first shared in his award-winning newsletter and website.
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Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side
A treasury of twisted tips, strange scenarios and disturbing sparks to help ignite the fuel in your creative furnace. Its aim? To push you into the danger zone of your imagination, by thinking in unconventional ways and trying things you never thought -- or dared -- to try before in your writing, art, or dreams. Prompts, sparks and essays for horror creatives.
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Murrmann: A Tale of Van Helsing
The doctor who vanquished Count Dracula encounters a familiar dark rival during a trip to a quaint German village...
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Freakcidents
Arnzen's award-winning collection of poetic mutancy and freaky deaky danger. Originally published in limited edition, this chapbook is now available in ebook...and new audio format, read by the author!
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Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction
In this compilation of instructional articles penned by well-known authors affiliated with Seton Hill University's acclaimed MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction, Many Genres, One Craft fosters the writing process in a way that focuses almost exclusively on writing novels grounded in genre theory and appealing in the commercial marketplace for fiction.
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Sportuary
A collection of disturbing, bizarre and darkly hilarious poems inspired by the wild weird world of sports.
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Audiovile
This is not so much an audiobook as it is an album of flash fiction, a truly unique experience! Stream it online or grab a CD for your car.
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Writers Workshop of Horror
Knost gathers together some of the best horror authors working today, each of them coaching the reader with their expert advice on how to pen effective stories and craft the best novels of dread and terror.
Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction and the 2009 Black Quill Award.
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Exploring Dark Short Fiction #5
A collection of horror and dark fantasy short stories written by Han Song, along with academic commentary, interview, biography, and illustrations.
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Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4
A collection of horror and dark fantasy short stories written by Jeffrey Ford, along with academic commentary, interview, biography, and illustrations.
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